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Bunji Garlin

Bunji Garlin, the stage name of Ian Alvarez, is a Trinidadian soca and ragga soca artist from Arima whose 2013 hit "Differentology" brought the genre international crossover success.

Bunny Lee

Bunny 'Striker' Lee, born Edward O'Sullivan Lee, was a Jamaican record producer who shaped reggae from rocksteady through dub, producing thousands of records from 1969 to 1977.

Bunny Wailer

Bunny Wailer (Neville O'Riley Livingston, 1947–2021), Jamaican roots reggae singer, founding Wailers member with Bob Marley and Peter Tosh; left in 1973, recorded Blackheart Man (1976), won three Grammys.

Burning Spear

Burning Spear, stage name of Jamaican roots reggae singer Winston Rodney (born 1945, Saint Ann's Bay), defined roots reggae from Studio One and the 1975 Marcus Garvey album onward, winning Best Reggae Album Grammys for Calling Rastafari and Jah Is Real.

Byron Lee and the Dragonaires

Byron Lee and the Dragonaires, also written Byron Lee & the Dragonaires, is a Jamaican band founded in 1956 by Byron Lee, known for ska and soca.

Cabas

Cabas, also known as Andrés Cabas, is a Colombian singer-songwriter from Barranquilla who fuses Caribbean coastal rhythms like cumbia and bullerengue with rock and pop.

Cachorro Grande

Cachorro Grande is a Brazilian rock band formed in Porto Alegre in 1999, known for a retro 1960s and 1970s sound and hits such as "Lunático" and "Sinceramente".

Cacique de Ramos

Cacique de Ramos, formally the Grêmio Recreativo Cacique de Ramos, is a carnival bloco and samba venue in Rio de Janeiro's Olaria neighborhood, founded in 1961.

Café Quijano

Café Quijano is a Spanish pop trio formed in León by the brothers Manuel, Óscar, and Raúl Quijano, known for the 1999 hit "La Lola".

Caifanes (album)

Caifanes, also known as Volumen I or Mátenme Porque Me Muero, is the 1988 debut album of the Mexican rock band Caifanes, a landmark of rock en español that fused new wave with cumbia.

Cali y El Dandee

Cali y El Dandee is a Colombian Latin pop and urban duo formed by brothers Alejandro (Cali) and Mauricio (Dandee) Rengifo, known for the 2011 ballad "Yo te esperaré".

Calibash

Calibash is an annual arena concert in Los Angeles showcasing reggaetón, Latin trap, and urbano latino acts, produced by SBS Entertainment and running since around 2008.

Calle Ocho Music Festival

The Calle Ocho Music Festival is a free one-day street festival held each March on SW 8th Street in Miami's Little Havana, billed as the world's largest Latin music festival.

Calma

"Calma" is a 2018 song by Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Pedro Capó that became a sleeper hit through an October 2018 remix with Farruko, topping Billboard's Latin Airplay chart.

Caloncho

Caloncho, the stage name of Óscar Alfonso Castro Valenzuela, is a Mexican singer-songwriter from Sonora whose reggae- and tropicalia-inflected indie pop made him a fixture of Mexican alternative pop.

Calypso music

Originating in Trinidad and Tobago, calypso is an Afro-Caribbean music genre rooted in West African kaiso, used as the national folk song and a platform for social commentary.

Calypso tent

A calypso tent is a Carnival-season performance venue in Trinidad and Tobago where calypsonians premiere new songs nightly, a tradition formalized in 1921 that feeds the Calypso Monarch competition.

Câmbio Negro

Câmbio Negro is a Brazilian rap group formed in 1990 in Ceilândia, Brasília, led by rapper X, a pioneer of mixing rap with rock, funk, and soul.

Camila (group)

Camila is a Mexican pop-rock ballad trio formed in 2005 by Mario Domm, Pablo Hurtado, and Samo, known for the hits "Todo Cambió" and "Mientes".

Camila Gallardo

Camila Gallardo, who performs as Cami, is a Chilean Latin pop singer born in 1996, runner-up on the first season of The Voice Chile in 2015.

Camilo (singer)

Camilo, Colombian singer-songwriter from Medellín, Factor X 2007 winner; albums Por Primera Vez, Mis Manos, De Adentro Pa Afuera, cuatro, Para Cuando Sean Mayores (2026); five Latin Grammys, three Grammy nominations.

Canción de autor

Canción de autor is the Spanish-language singer-songwriter tradition of the cantautor, a performer who composes and sings their own songs, with poetic or critical lyrics, prominent from the late 1950s.

Canciones de mi Padre (Mariachi Divas album)

Canciones de mi Padre is the title under which Mariachi Divas' 2009 Grammy-winning album is commonly sought, though the Academy records it as Canciones de Amor.

Candeia

Candeia, full name Antônio Candeia Filho (1935–1978), was a Brazilian samba composer and singer from Rio de Janeiro who led the Portela samba school and founded the Quilombo.

Cano Estremera

Cano Estremera, born Carlos Estremera Colón, was a Puerto Rican salsa singer and sonero known as "El Dueño del Soneo", who rose with Bobby Valentín's orchestra.

Canticuentos

Canticuentos is a Colombian children's music project created by Chilean-born composer Marlore Anwandter for the Medellín label Codiscos, whose 1975 first album became Colombia's best-selling children's record.

Capitão Fausto

Capitão Fausto is a Portuguese indie rock band from Lisbon, formed in 2009 by five school friends, who headlined Lisbon's MEO Arena in January 2026.

Capleton

Capleton, born Clifton George Bailey III in 1967, is a Jamaican dancehall deejay also known as King Shango and the Fireman, who led dancehall back toward reggae tradition.

Carín León

Carín León, born Óscar Armando Díaz de León Huez in 1989, is a Mexican singer-songwriter from Hermosillo who fronted Grupo Arranke before going solo in 2018.

Cariño

Cariño is a Spanish indie pop band from Madrid, formed in 2017 by María Talaverano, Paola Rivero, and Alicia Ros, a leading tontipop act that played Coachella in 2022.